How to Win at College
This reading offers insight to students entering college to help them be successful. It says that your dorm should be decorated to be comfortable and reflect your personality so that it will positively affect your mood, schedule your free time so that you don't have as much free time, eat with your friends only once a day so that it doesn't affect your work ethic, to study in the library instead of your room and not with a group so you won't get distracted, to keep in touch with people from home, and to get involved in some sort of activity within the first week of college so that it is easy to meet people. While all of these ideas are potentially good, I don't think someone needs to follow every single one to be successful in college. I think that most students come to find a balance that works for them within a few weeks, even if they eat more that one meal with their friends and study in their room rather than the library.
Navigating Your Freshman Year
This reading is similar to the first reading in a few ways, as it gives advice about one's freshman year in college. It discusses what to bring and what not to bring, living in the dorms, remembering old friends, and how to get along with a roommate. However, I like that it mentions in the beginning of the reading that while one's freshman year is very important, it's not the most defining year for a student. I think it's important to know this because a good amount of students can be very nervous about starting college and would be pleased to know that the first year does not set the tone for the remaining years they spend in college. By the time they graduate, they could be in a different major with a different set of friends and an outlook on life that they did not have when they were freshmen.
This reading offers insight to students entering college to help them be successful. It says that your dorm should be decorated to be comfortable and reflect your personality so that it will positively affect your mood, schedule your free time so that you don't have as much free time, eat with your friends only once a day so that it doesn't affect your work ethic, to study in the library instead of your room and not with a group so you won't get distracted, to keep in touch with people from home, and to get involved in some sort of activity within the first week of college so that it is easy to meet people. While all of these ideas are potentially good, I don't think someone needs to follow every single one to be successful in college. I think that most students come to find a balance that works for them within a few weeks, even if they eat more that one meal with their friends and study in their room rather than the library.
Navigating Your Freshman Year
This reading is similar to the first reading in a few ways, as it gives advice about one's freshman year in college. It discusses what to bring and what not to bring, living in the dorms, remembering old friends, and how to get along with a roommate. However, I like that it mentions in the beginning of the reading that while one's freshman year is very important, it's not the most defining year for a student. I think it's important to know this because a good amount of students can be very nervous about starting college and would be pleased to know that the first year does not set the tone for the remaining years they spend in college. By the time they graduate, they could be in a different major with a different set of friends and an outlook on life that they did not have when they were freshmen.